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WPC – WEEK 446 – #INSTAGOOD

April 1, 2024 Christopher D. Bennett Leave a comment

#INSTAGOOD! A great theme! A theme so easy that you could participate if you took one picture this week. But did many people take at least one picture to be able to send us the best picture that they took this week to make #INSTAGOOD a popular theme? You’ll have to keep scrolling to find out!

As of 12:01 PM on Monday, March 25, this was the current list of ACTIVE streaks (ignore the numbers in parentheses):

1-Evie Gorshe – 1 week (IA)
2-Willy McAlpine – 1 week (IA)
3-Tim Panages – 1 week (IA)
4-Elainie Hernandez – 2 weeks (IA)
5-Deanna McClain – 2 weeks (IA)
6-Johnathan Stensland – 2 weeks (IA)
7-Adam Gordon – 4 weeks (2) (IA, MS, MO)
8-Stehanie Kim – 6 weeks (NY)
9-Becky Parmelee – 6 weeks (AR, IA)
10-Sara Lockner – 10 weeks (IA)
11-Lowell Davis – 12 weeks (IA)
12-Michelle Haupt – 12 weeks (IA, MO)
13-Alexis Stensland – 12 weeks (IA)
14-Brandon Kahler – 13 weeks (IA, MN)
15-Scott Degeneffe – 31 weeks (IA, FL)
16-Sabas Hernandez – 32 weeks (2) (IA)
17-Mike Vest – 36 weeks (IA, MO)
18-Sheri Fakhouri – 41 weeks (2) (IA)
19-Logan Kahler – 42 weeks (IA, MN)
20-Nathanial Brown – 43 weeks(IA, SD, GA, TN)
21-Jesse Howard – 43 weeks (IA, MO, NE)
22-Tamara Peterson – 55 weeks (IA, MN)
23-Mindi Terrell – 58 weeks (2) (IA)
24-Linda Bennett – 87 weeks (KS)
25-Sarah Toot – 88 weeks (2) (PA, NY, VT, NV)
26-Angie DeWaard – 92 weeks (IA)
27-Dawn Krause – 96 weeks (2) (IA)
28-Kim Barker – 102 weeks (2) (IA, CO)
29-Joe Duff – 103 weeks (TX)
30-Teresa Kahler – 114 weeks (2) (IA)
31-Carla Stensland – 114 weeks (IA, MO)
32-Micky Augustin – 116 weeks (IA, IL)
33-Andy Sharp – 117 weeks (IA, NE, AR, MS, MO, TN, LA)
34-Bill Wentworth – 118 weeks (NE)
35-Cathie Morton – 121 weeks (IA, FL, BHS)
36-Elizabeth Nordeen – 123 weeks (IA)
37-Shannon Bardole-Foley – 125 weeks (IA)
38-Kio Dettman – 127 weeks (2) (IA)

An observant observer might be wondering why Carla’s streak is intact. She did get a submission in at the horn, but not soon enough for it to be included in the email blast. But is up on the website. You can go look at last Monday’s post and verify.

Here is the list of rules for Year 11 of THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE:

1. The picture must be taken between 12:01 PM today and 11 AM next Monday. This isn’t a curate your photos project. This is a get your butt off the couch and take pictures challenge!
2. There is a limit of 2 submissions per person per theme. If you send me more than 2, I will use the first 2 that you submit.
3. Deadline to submit your submission is 11 AM next Monday.
4. To be considered the photographer of an image, you have to be the one that clicks the shutter. If you hand your camera over to somebody else to take a picture of you, you are NOT the photographer of that image.
5. No screen captures. This is a photography challenge. Not a “look at what I found on the internet” challenge.

There are still 2 ways to submit:
1. Email your submission to bennett@photography139.com.
2. Text your submission to my Google Pixel 8 Pro.
3. Sometimes, for special people, for special circumstances, we can negotiate something.

But you didn’t come here to listen to me talk all tommyrot about participation rates or streaks or the rules of the challenge or how to submit. You came to see the submissions and what streaks continued and what streaks flamed out:

WPC - WEEK 446 - #INSTAGOOD - SUZIE BRANNEN

Suzie Brannen (Iowa) – 1 week

Jen Ensley-Gorshe (Hampton, Virginia) – 1 week

Layla Gorshe (Iowa) – 1 week

Mary Green (Michigan) – 1 week

Monica Jennings (Ankeny, Iowa) – 1 week

Amy Peterson (Ledges State Park – Boone County, Iowa) – 1 week

Willy McAlpine (Boone, Iowa) – 2 weeks

Tim Panages (Ankeny, Iowa) – 2 weeks

Deanna McClain (Perry, Iowa) – 3 weeks

Johnathan Stensland (Ogden, Iowa) – 3 weeks

Adam Gordon (Iowa) – 5 weeks

Becky Parmelee (Tulsa, Oklahoma) – 7 weeks

Sara Lockner (Ogden, Iowa) – 11 weeks

Lowell Davis (Boone, Iowa) – 13 weeks

Michelle Haupt (Overland Park, Kansas) – 13 weeks

Alexis Stensland (Ogden, Iowa) – 13 weeks

Brandon Kahler (Story City, Iowa) – 14 weeks

Scott Degeneffe (Boone County, Iowa) – 32 weeks

Sabas Hernandez (Ogden, Iowa) – 33 weeks

Mike Vest (Madrid, Iowa) – 37 weeks

Sheri Fakhouri (Ankeny, Iowa) – 42 weeks

Logan Kahler (Boone, Iowa) – 43 weeks

Nathanial Brown (Des Moines, Iowa) – 44 weeks

Jesse Howard (Iowa) – 44 weeks

Tamara Peterson (Perry, Iowa) – 56 weeks

Mindi Terrell (Johnston, Iowa) – 59 weeks

Linda Bennett (Kansas) – 88 weeks

Sarah Toot (E. Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania) – 89 weeks

Angie DeWaard (Iowa) – 93 weeks

Dawn Krause (Boone, Iowa) – 97 weeks

Kim Barker (Nevada, Iowa) – 103 weeks

Joe Duff (League City, Texas) – 104 weeks

Teresa Kahler (Boone, Iowa) – 115 weeks

Carla Stensland (Ogden, Iowa) – 115 weeks

Micky Augustin (Iowa) – 117 weeks

Andy Sharp (Red Oak, Iowa) – 118 weeks

Bill Wentworth (Omaha, Nebraska) – 119 weeks

Cathie Morton (Norwalk, Iowa) – 122 weeks

Elizabeth Nordeen (Iowa) – 124 weeks

Shannon Bardole-Foley (West Des Moines, Iowa) – 126 weeks

Kio Dettman (Boone, Iowa) – 128 weeks

Christopher D. Bennett (Mines of Spain State Recreation Area – Dubuque County, Iowa) – 550 weeks

42 participants! That is a great week! Breaking the previous high for this year held by DECORATION at 40. I believe 42 ties the all-time high. Held by the #INSTAGOOD theme from last year. But I’d have to check my records to confirm that.

Thanks to Becky’s trip we added Oklahoma to the Photography 139 Submissions Map!

Thanks to Jen’s trip we added Virginia to the Photography 139 Submissions Map! Virginia was one of the states we didn’t get a submission from in 2023! So that makes it extra exciting!

There were submissions this week taken in the following places:

+ Iowa (34)
+ Kansas (2)
+ Michigan (1)
+ Nebraska (1)
+ Oklahoma (1)
+ Pennsylvania (1)
+ Texas (1)
+ Virginia (1)

Here is the Year 11 list of places where submissions have been taken (submissions taken in each places):

+ Arkansas (6.5)
+ Bahamas (1)
+ California (1)
+ Colorado (4)
+ Florida (3)
+ Georgia (1)
+ Hawaii (2)
+ Illinois (1)
+ Indiana (2)
+ Iowa (444)
+ Kansas (19)
+ Louisiana (2)
+ Michigan (5)
+ Minnesota (6)
+ Mississippi (1.5)
+ Missouri (8.5)
+ Nebraska (18)
+ Nevada (1)
+ New York (9)
+ Oklahoma (1)
+ Pennsylvania (12)
+ South Dakota (3)
+ Tennessee (2.5)
+ Texas (20)
+ Vermont (1)
+ Virginia (1)

25 states so far! 1 foreign country! Not bad! So far, the following people have submitted from multiple places:

+ Andy Sharp (IA, NE, MO, AR, TN, MS, LA) – 7
+ Jen Ensley-Gorshe (IA, CO, MO, TX, TN, VA) – 6
+ Nathanial Brown (IA, SD, TN, GA) – 4
+ Sarah Toot (PA, NY, VT, NV) – 4
+ Christopher D. Bennett (IA, MO, NE) – 3
+ Adam Gordon (IA, MS, MO) – 3
+ Mary Green (MI, IA, IN) – 3
+ Michelle Haupt (IA, MO, KS) – 3
+ Jesse Howard (IA, MO, NE) – 3
+ Cathie Morton (IA, FL, BS) – 3
+ Becky Parmelee (AR, IA, OK) – 3
+ Micky Augustin (IA, IL) – 2
+ Scott Degeneffe (IA, FL) – 2
+ Susanna Funk (IA, CO) – 2
+ Brandon Kahler (IA, MN) – 2
+ Logan Kahler (IA, MN) – 2
+ Sara Lockner (IA, MN) – 2
+ Tamara Peterson (IA, MN) – 2
+ Carla Stensland (IA, MO) -2
+ Mike Vest (IA, MO) – 2

Andy holds a 1 state lead over Jen to be crowned “The Most Travelled THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE Photographer!”

There were no big milestones reached this week. However, Layla submitted for the first time this year! WooHoo! There was some sadness. Evie couldn’t build on her submission from last week and her streak is over before it began. Elainie’s streak is over after 2 weeks. But worst of all, Steph’s streak goes down after 6 weeks!

But enough dwelling on the past. Time to look to the future. We are all interested in the future, for that is where you and I are going to spend the rest of our lives. And remember my friend, future events such as these will affect you in the future! This week’s theme:

PASSION – SUGGESTED BY SHANNON BARDOLE-FOLEY

PASSION! What a great theme for Year 11 of THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE!

I’m not describing the themes this year unless I think they need a little explanation. One thing to remember that PASSION is not just something you like bunches and bunches. PASSION is something you are willing to suffer for. When you take your pictures, would you be willing to take a punch to the face for this thing? Would you be willing to take something worse for this thing? If the answer is “yes”, then you have a PASSION subject.

I look forward to your interpretation!

That is all I got, so if the good Lord’s willin’ and the creek don’t rise, we will see your idea of PASSION in this place that is a bit of passion project next Monday.

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WPC – WEEK 439 – TRAINS, PLANES, & AUTOMOBILES

February 12, 2024 Christopher D. Bennett Leave a comment

TRAINS, PLANES, & AUTOMOBILES! A potential Pufferbilly Days Photo Contest class! But was that enough to make it a popular theme? You will have to keep scrolling to find out:

As of 12:01 PM on Monday, February 5, this was the current list of ACTIVE streaks (ignore the numbers in parentheses):

1-Adam Gordon – 1 week (2)
2-Evie Gorshe – 1 week
3-Willy McAlpine – 1 week
4-Jason Stensland – 1 week (2)
5-Elainie Hernandez – 3 weeks
6-Sara Lockner – 3 weeks
7-Monica Jennings – 4 weeks
8-Suzie Brannen – 5 weeks
9-Lowell Davis – 5 weeks
10-Michelle Haupt – 5 weeks
11-Alexis Stensland – 5 weeks (2)
12-Brandon Kahler – 6 weeks
13-Mary Green – 6 weeks (2)
14-Scott Degeneffe – 24 weeks
15-Sabas Hernandez – 25 weeks
16-Mike Vest – 30 weeks
17-Sheri Fakhouri – 34 weeks
18-Logan Kahler – 35 weeks (2)
19-Nathanial Brown – 36 weeks
20-Jesse Howard – 36 weeks
21-Tamara Peterson – 39 weeks
22-Mindi Terrell – 51 weeks (2)
23-Linda Bennett – 80 weeks
24-Sarah Toot – 81 weeks
25-Angie DeWaard – 85 weeks (2)
26-Dawn Krause – 89 weeks (2)
27-Kim Barker – 95 weeks
28-Joe Duff – 96 weeks (2)
29-Teresa Kahler – 107 weeks (2)
30-Carla Stensland – 107 weeks (2)
31-Micky Augustin – 109 weeks
32-Andy Sharp – 110 weeks
33-Bill Wentworth – 111 weeks
34-Cathie Morton – 115 weeks
35-Elizabeth Nordeen – 116 weeks
36-Shannon Bardole-Foley – 118 weeks
37-Kio Dettman – 120 weeks (2)

Reminder. Here is the list of rules for Year 11 of THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE:

WPC - WEEK 439 - TRAINS, PLANES, & AUTOMOBILES - ALEXIS STENSLAND

Alexis Stensland (Ames, Iowa) – 6 weeks

Amy Peterson (Uptown Garage Brewing – Ankeny, Iowa) – 1 week

Amy Peterson (Uptown Garage Brewing – Ankeny, Iowa)

Angie DeWaard (Kate Mitchell Elementary School – Ames, Iowa) – 86 weeks

Andy Sharp (Ely, Iowa) – 111 weeks

Bill Wentworth (Omaha, Nebraska) – 112 weeks

Bill Wentworth (Omaha, Nebraska)

Brandon Kahler (I-35 – Story City, Iowa) – 7 weeks

Carla Stensland (Boone, Iowa) – 108 weeks

Cathie Morton (Norwalk, Iowa) – 116 weeks

Christopher D. Bennett (Marshalltown, Iowa)

Dawn Krause (Les’s Auto – Boone, Iowa) – 90 weeks

Dawn Krause (Les’s Auto – Boone, Iowa)

Deanna McClain (Ames, Iowa) – 1 week

Elizabeth Nordeen (Iowa) – 117 weeks

Jen Enlsey-Gorshe (Colorado Airspace) – 1 week

Jennie Green (California) – 1 week

Jesse Howard (Boone, Iowa) – 37 weeks

Joe Duff (League City, Texas) – 97 weeks

Joe Duff

Johnathan Stensland (Ogden, Iowa) – 1 week

Kim Barker (Nevada, Iowa) – 96 weeks

Kio Dettman (Boone, Iowa) – 121 weeks

Linda Bennett (Kansas) – 81 weeks

Logan Kahler (Boone, Iowa) – 36 weeks

Logan Kahler (Boone, Iowa)

Lowell Davis (Bliss Cancer Center – Ames, Iowa) – 6 weeks

Michelle Haupt (Iowa) – 6 weeks

Micky Augustin (Iowa) – 110 weeks

Mike Vest (Madrid, Iowa) – 31 weeks

Mindi Terrell (Iowa) – 52 weeks

Mindi Terrell (Iowa)

Monica Jennings (Ames, Iowa) – 5 weeks

Nathanial Brown (Jefferson, Iowa) – 37 weeks

Sabas Hernandez (Ankeny, Iowa) – 26 weeks

Sara Lockner (Johnston, Iowa) – 4 weeks

Sarah Toot (E. Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania) – 82 weeks

Scott Degeneffe (Boone County, Iowa) – 25 weeks

Shannon Bardole-Foley (Iowa) – 119 weeks

Sheri Fakhouri (Ankeny, Iowa) – 35 weeks

Suzie Brannen (Clive, Iowa) – 6 weeks

Tamara Peterson (Rochester, Minnesota) – 40 weeks

Teresa Kahler (Boone, Iowa) – 108 weeks

Willy McAlpine (Ledges State Park – Boone County, Iowa) – 2 weeks

38 participants! That is a great week! Ties CIRCLE for the most participants in a week this year!

There were submissions this week taken in the following places:

+ California
+ Colorado
+ Iowa
+ Kansas
+ Nebraska
+ Minnesota
+ Pennsylvania
+ Texas

Thanks to Tamara’s trip to Minnesota, Minnesota was added to this year’s map! Thanks to Jen’s work trip, we also added Colorado AND California as well!!

Here is the Year 11 list of states where submissions have been taken (submissions taken in each state):

+ California (1)
+ Colorado (1)
+ Hawaii (2)
+ Iowa (231)
+ Kansas (9)
+ Michigan (2)
+ Minnesota (1)
+ Nebraska (8)
+ New York (1)
+ Pennsylvania (6)
+ South Dakota (2)
+ Texas (11)

12 states so far! No bad! So far, the following people have submitted from multiple states:

+ Mary Green (MI, IA)
+ Sarah Toot (PA, NY)
+ Jen Ensley-Gorshe (IA, CO)
+ Tamara Peterson (IA, MN)

There were a couple of major milestones this week. Sabas joined the Half-Year Club! WooHoo! Then Mindi joined the 1 Year Club! That is a double WooHoo!

Another awesome development. The first ever submission from Deanna McClain. Hopefully the beginning of big things in the future! It was also the first ever submission from Jennie Green! I expect that to be more of a one-off, but you never know. You never know.

But it wasn’t all good news. Quite a few streaks bit the dust! Adam, Evie, and Jason couldn’t build on last week’s submission and their streaks were over before they started. Elainie’s streak is over at 3. Worst of all, Mary’s streak is no more after 6 solid weeks.

ORANGE

ORANGE! What a great theme for Year 11 of THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE!

I look forward to your interpretation!

That is all I got, so if the good Lord’s willin’ and the creek don’t rise, we will all be sharing your idea of ORANGE in this place in this place that loves all colors next Monday.

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The Weekly Photo Challenge Year in Review

January 2, 2024 Christopher D. Bennett 1 Comment

As yesterday closed the book on Year 10 of THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE, now seems like a good time to review all that happened.

There were 59 different people that submitted photos. Ranging from submitting 1 picture to 124 pictures.

There were 2,311 photos submitted.

The average week was 31.1 participants.

The average week had 44.4 submissions.

The most popular week was Week 422. The theme was #INSTAGOOD. There were 41 participants.

The most popular week by submissions was Week 405. The theme was FLOWER. There were 62 submissions.

3 themes tied for least popular theme by participants. TRAINS, PLANES, & AUTOMOBILES; REFLECTION; and SUNRISE, SUNSET each has only 25 participants.

TRAINS, PLANES, & AUTOMOBILES was the least popular theme by submissions. It received only 30 submissions.

Here is my favorite submission from all 59 different people that submitted and some statistics about each participant.

Heather Courtney
1 week – 2%
1 submission
No current streak

Pepper Duncan
1 week – 2%
1 submission
No current streak

Corey Faust
1 week – 2%
1 submission
No current streak

Adam Gordon
1 week – 2%
3 submissions
No current streak

Harrison Gorshe
1 week – 2%
1 submission
No current streak

Michelle Haupt
1 week – 2%
1 submission
No current streak

Stephanie Kim
1 week – 2%
1 submission
No current streak

Carrie Moellers
1 week – 2%
1 submission
Current Streak: 1 week

Mike Parmelee
1 week – 2%
1 submission
Current Streak: 1 week

Ernie Redd
1 week – 2%
1 submission
No current streak

Diane Sharp
1 week – 2%
1 submission
No current streak

Julie Sharp
1 week – 2%
1 submission
No current streak

Lori Backous
2 weeks – 4%
3 submissions
No current streak

Melissa Degeneffe
2 weeks – 4%
3 submissions
No current streak

Derrick Gorshe
2 weeks – 4%
2 submissions
No current streak

Layla Gorshe
2 weeks – 4%
2 submissions
No current streak

Sarah Karber
2 weeks – 4%
2 submissions
No current streak

Johnathan Stensland
2 weeks – 4%
2 submissions
No current streak

Nader Parsaei
3 weeks – 6%
3 submissions
No current streak

Myriah Sharp
3 weeks – 6%
5 submissions
No current streaks

Porter Degeneffe
4 weeks – 8%
4 submissions
No current streaks

Evie Gorshe
6 weeks – 12%
6 submissions
No current streak

Amy Peterson
10 weeks – 19%
14 submissions
Current Streak: 1 week

Elainie Stensland
12 weeks – 23%
15 submissions
No current streak

Susanna Funk
14 weeks – 27%
19 submissions
No current streak

Jen Ensley-Gorshe
19 weeks – 37%
22 submissions
No current streak

Becky Parmelee
23 weeks – 44.2%
26 submissions
No current streak

Sheri Fakhouri
29 weeks – 56%
53 submissions
Current streak: 29 weeks

Scott Degeneffe
32 weeks – 62%
46 submissions
Current streak: 19 weeks

Mary Green
32 weeks – 62%
68 submissions
Current streak: 2 weeks

Sara Lockner
33 weeks – 63%
39 submissions
Current streak: 1 week

Willy McAlpine
34 weeks – 65%
37 submissions
No current streak

Suzie Brannen
35 weeks – 67%
50 submissions
No current streak

Alexis Stensland
35 weeks – 67%
72 submissions
No current streak

Sabas Hernandez
43 weeks – 83%
43 submissions
Current streak: 20 weeks

Monica Jennings
43 weeks – 83%
60 submissions
No current streak

Mindi Terrell
46 weeks – 88%
124 submissions
Current streak: 46 weeks

Nathanial Brown
47 weeks – 90%
77 submissions
Current streak: 31 weeks

Jesse Howard
49 weeks – 94%
62 submissions
Current streaks: 31 weeks

Mike Vest
50 weeks – 96%
50 submissions
Current streaks: 25 weeks

Brandon Kahler
51 weeks – 98%
55 submissions
Current streak: 1 week

Logan Kahler
51 weeks – 98%
81 submissions
Current streak: 30 weeks

Tamara Peterson
51 weeks – 98%
56 submissions
Current streak: 34 weeks

Micky Augustin
52 weeks – 100%
55 submissions
Current streak: 104 weeks

Shannon Bardole-Foley
52 weeks – 100%
55 submissions
Current streak: 113 weeks

Kim Barker
52 weeks – 100%
60 submissions
Current streak: 90 weeks

Christopher D. Bennett
52 weeks – 100%
52 submissions
Current streak: 537 weeks

Linda Bennett
52 weeks – 100%
91 submissions
Current streak: 75 weeks

Kio Dettman
52 weeks – 100%
107 submissions
Current streak: 115 weeks

Angie DeWaard
52 weeks – 100%
59 submissions
Current streak: 80 weeks

Joe Duff
52 weeks – 100%
71 submissions
Current streak: 91 weeks

Teresa Kahler
52 weeks – 100%
111 submissions
Current streak: 102 weeks

Dawn Krause
52 weeks – 100%
89 submissions
Current streak: 84 weeks

Cathie Morton
52 weeks – 100%
58 submissions
Current streak: 110 weeks

Elizabeth Nordeen
52 weeks – 100%
72 submissions
Current streak: 111 weeks

Andy Sharp
52 weeks – 100%
72 submissions
Current streak: 105 weeks

Carla Stensland
52 weeks – 100%
90 submissions
Current streak: 102 weeks

Sarah Toot
52 weeks – 100%
96 submissions
Current streak: 76 weeks

Bill Wentworth
52 weeks – 100%
54 submissions
Current streak: 106 weeks

Here are a few quick stats from last year:

+ 44 different participants
+ 1811 photos submitted
+ Least popular theme for participation was ROCK with 16 participants
+ Most popular theme for participation was SELF-PORTRAIT with 31 participants
+ Least popular theme for submissions was ROCK with 20 submissions
+ Most popular theme for submission was LINES with 51 submissions
+ The average week had 24.6 participants
+ The average week had 34.8 submissions

To put in perspective compared to last year:

+ 15 more different participants.
+ 500 more submissions.
+ The most popular theme had 10 more participants.
+ The most popular theme by submissions has 11 more submissions.
+ The average participation was up almost 7 participants per week.
+ The average submissions was up nearly 10 per week.

Hopefully Year 11 has a similar amount of growth!

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WPC – WEEK 433 – HUMANS

January 1, 2024 Christopher D. Bennett

It is time to share the July image from the 2024 Photography 139 Calendar image. It is a picture taken with Rodan139 of somebody setting off fireworks on the 4th of July in my neighborhood.

JULY

I chose this image since I felt the fireworks represented the 4th of July well.

TECHNICAL DETAILS

CAMERA: Hasselblad L1D020c
DATE: July 24, 2023 – 1010 PM
LENS: 28mm f/2.8
FOCAL LENGTH: 28mm
APERTURE: f/5.6
EXPOSURE: 3 seconds
ISO: 400

Tomorrow I will share the August image!

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HUMANS! They are all over the place! But are there enough of them kicking around to make HUMANS a popular theme? You will have to keep scrolling to find out!

As of 12:01 PM on Monday, December 25, this was the current list of ACTIVE streaks (ignore the numbers in parentheses):

1-Evie Gorshe – 1 week
2-Mary Green – 1 week
3-Elainie Hernandez – 1 week
4-Willy McAlpine – 1 week
5-Alexis Stensland – 1 week
6-Scott Degeneffe – 18 weeks
7-Sabas Hernandez – 19 weeks
8-Mike Vest – 24 weeks
9-Sheri Fakhouri – 28 weeks (3)
10-Logan Kahler – 29 weeks (3)
11-Nathanial Brown – 30 weeks (2)
12-Jesse Howard – 30 weeks
13-Tamara Peterson – 33 weeks (2)
14-Mindi Terrell – 45 weeks (3)
15-Linda Bennett – 74 weeks (2)
16-Sarah Toot – 75 weeks (2)
17-Angie DeWaard – 79 weeks
18-Dawn Krause – 83 weeks
19-Kim Barker – 89 weeks
20-Joe Duff – 90 weeks (2)
21-Teresa Kahler – 101 weeks (3)
22-Carla Stensland – 101 weeks (2)
23-Micky Augustin – 103 weeks
24-Andy Sharp – 104 weeks
25-Bill Wentworth – 105 weeks (3)
26-Cathie Morton – 109 weeks
27-Elizabeth Nordeen – 110 weeks
28-Shannon Bardole-Foley – 112 weeks
29-Kio Dettman – 114 weeks (3)

But you didn’t come here to listen to me talk all tommyrot about participation rates or streaks. You came to see the submissions and what streaks continued and what streaks flamed out:

Brandon Kahler (Boone, Iowa) – 1 week

Sara Lockner (Iowa) – 1 week

Carrie Moellers (Mambai, India) – 1 week

Amy Peterson (Jewell, Iowa) – 1 week

Amy Peterson (Ames, Iowa)

Mary Green (Michigan) – 2 weeks

Mary Green (Michigan)

Scott Degeneffe (Goldie’s – Prairie City, Iowa) – 19 weeks

Sabas Hernandez (Iowa) – 20 weeks

Mike Vest (Noel, Missouri) – 25 weeks

Sheri Fakhouri (Iowa) – 29 weeks

Sheri Fakhouri (Iowa)

Logan Kahler (Boone, Iowa) – 30 weeks

Logan Kahler (Boone, Iowa)

Nathanial Brown (Iowa) – 31 weeks

Jesse Howard (Sun Records – Memphis, Tennessee) – 31 weeks

Jesse Howard (Big River Crossing – Memphis, Tennessee)

Tamara Peterson (Swede Valley Church – Rural Boone County) – 34 weeks

Mindi Terrell (Iowa) – 46 weeks

Mindi Terrell (Iowa)

Linda Bennett (Kansas) – 75 weeks

Linda Bennett (Kansas)

Sarah Toot (Kansas City, Missouri) – 76 weeks

Angie DeWaard (Iowa) – 80 weeks

Dawn Krause (Iowa) – 84 weeks

Kim Barker (Iowa) – 90 weeks

Joe Duff (League City, Texas) – 91 weeks

Teresa Kahler (Boone, Iowa) – 102 weeks

Teresa Kahler (Boone, Iowa)

Carla Stensland (Hilton Coliseum – Ames, Iowa) – 102 weeks

Carla Stensland (Ogden, Iowa)

Micky Augustin (Story County, Iowa) – 104 weeks

Andy Sharp (Iowa) – 105 weeks

Bill Wentworth (Saint Louis, Missouri) – 106 weeks

Cathie Morton (Waukee, Iowa) – 110 weeks

Elizabeth Nordeen (Iowa) – 111 weeks

Shannon Bardole-Foley (Tursi’s Latin King – Des Moines, Iowa) – 113 weeks

Kio Dettman (Boone, Iowa) – 115 weeks

Christopher D. Bennett (Beale Street – Memphis, Tennessee) – 537 weeks

30 participants! That is a pretty great week, considering the holiday! Thanks to Cathie’s sister we end the year with a new country. India! I believe that to be the first submission from Asia ever for THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE!

There were submissions this week taken in the following places:

+ Kansas
+ India
+ Iowa
+ Missouri
+ Tennessee
+ Texas

Here is the final calendar year list for states:

+ Arizona
+ Arkansas
+ California
+ Colorado
+ Florida
+ Georgia
+ Hawaii
+ Idaho
+ Illinois
+ Indiana
+ Iowa
+ Kansas
+ Kentucky
+ Louisiana
+ Maryland
+ Michigan
+ Minnesota
+ Mississippi
+ Missouri
+ Montana
+ Nebraska
+ New Hampshire
+ New Jersey
+ New Mexico
+ New York
+ Nevada
+ North Carolina
+ North Dakota
+ Ohio
+ Oklahoma
+ Oregon
+ Pennsylvania
+ South Carolina
+ South Dakota
+ Tennessee
+ Texas
+ Utah
+ Vermont
+ Virgin Islands
+ Washington
+ Washington D.C.
+ Wisconsin
+ Wyoming

41 states and 1 district and 1 territory! That is pretty impressive! Over 80% of the way there!

The state nobody submitted from are:
+ Alabama
+ Alaska
+ Connecticut
+ Delaware
+ Maine
+ Massachusetts
+ Rhode Island
+ Virginia
+ West Virginia

Here is the final map for 2023:

The Outside of the United States map is currently:

+ Spain
+ British Virgin Islands
+ Mexico
+ Nassau Bahamas
+ Canada
+ Peru
+ France
+ Austria
+ Germany
+ Italy
+ India
+ Slovenia
+ Belize

The big milestone this week was Micky joining the 2 Year Streak Club! WooHoo!

But not everybody rang in the new year with their streak intact. Evie’s couldn’t build on last week’s submission. Either could Elainie. Or Willy. Or Alexis.

SUNDAY MORNING – SUGGESTED BY SARAH TOOT

SUNDAY MORNING! What a great first theme for Year 11 of THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE!

This year I’m not going to give a description of the theme. I’m going to trust you can figure it out on your own and through the theme reveal image. However, if you do have a question, don’t be afraid to ask.

Here is an updated list of the rules for Year 11:

1. The picture must be taken between 12:01 PM today and 11 AM next Monday. This isn’t a curate your photos project. This is a get your butt off the couch and take pictures challenge!
2. There is a limit of 2 submissions per person per theme.
3. Deadline to submit your submission is 11 AM next Monday.
4. To be considered the photographer of an image, you have to be the one clicks the shutter. If you hand your camera over to somebody else to take a picture of you, you are NOT the photographer of that image.
5. No screen captures.

That is all I got, so if the good Lord’s willin’ and the creek don’t rise, we will all be sharing your idea of SUNDAY MORNING in this place that likes to have plenty of submissions by Sunday morning next Monday.

Alexis, Amy, Andy, Animals, Bill, Brandon, Carla, Cathie, Dawn, Elainie, Elizabeth, Funk, Jen, Jesse, Joe Duff, Kim, Kio, Linda, Logan, Mary, Micky, Mindi, Nathanial, Sabas, Sara, Sarah Toot, Scottie D., Shannon, Sheri, Street Photography, Tamara, Teresa, Vest, Willy, WPC - Submissions

WPC – WEEK 428 – ANIMAL

November 27, 2023 Christopher D. Bennett

It is the last collection of submissions for the month of November, so it is a good time to revisit the THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE FAQ. I’ve noticed an uptick in small-sized submissions lately. It wouldn’t hurt to review the resolution FAQ if you haven’t looked at it lately.

Award winning photographers? Really?

Yes. I can think of at least 10 photographers that participate regularly that have won a photography award of some kind.

Is this a competition?
NO.

Is there a limit to the number of submissions I can have each week?

Yes. That limit is 3. If you send me more than 3, I will post the first 3 that you send. I’m not trying to harsh your photography buzz, but any more than that starts to overwhelm the other submissions and it takes me about 5 minutes to take a picture from my inbox to code it on the website. So I have to manage my workload. This limit is tentatively scheduled to go down to 2 at the beginning of 2024. Unless there is a sudden big falloff in participants.

If you are going to submit more than one picture, I strongly urge you to choose completely different subjects for each submission. If you are submitting multiple pictures of the same subject, make sure that each picture is saying something unique.

If participation rates climb, that limit of 3 is subject to lower.

Can I send you several pictures and have you pick the best one?

No! No! NO! If those words come out of your mouth or your keyboard, I consider that to be a non-submission.

Do you ever question whether somebody’s submission fits the theme?

Meh. Only if I think somebody is clearly confusing this week’s theme with last week or next week’s theme. Otherwise, if the submission makes sense in your head, that is good enough for me. However, I would urge you to not try to fit your favorite subject into the theme. This isn’t a challenge to share a picture every week of your kid or your business or your pet. It is a challenge to take pictures of different things every week. Which isn’t to say subjects can’t be repeated, but you shouldn’t become reliant on the same ones.

Why can’t I submit after 11 AM on Mondays if the post doesn’t publish until 12:01 PM?

I go to lunch at 11 AM. I leave my office. I’m not near a computer. At 11 AM I hit “Schedule” and then I go throw food down my throat. 167 hours is more than enough time to send a submission. Okay, 166 hours and 59 minutes. You got me.

Do I have to wait until Monday morning to submit?

Absolutely not! In fact I appreciate the submissions that make it to me by Sunday evening. Makes the job of putting this together on Monday morning much easier!

Are there resolution requirements for submissions?

I won’t turn down submissions that are too small. I will probably ask you for a picture of greater resolution if it is really small. The typical 4 x 6 image posted to my website has a resolution of 1280 pixels x 853 pixels. While a 400 x 300 image might look okay on your phone, it looks like trash on a computer monitor. I prefer images that are at least 1000 pixels at their widest point, but don’t ban smaller pictures at this point.

What format should my submission be?

.JPG but .PNG also works.

If I write a description of my image will you include that in your post?

No. Photography is art that should stand on its own. Only exception is the SLICE OF LIFE theme. But if you let me know where the picture was taken, I will include that.

When will you start accepting suggestions for next year’s THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE themes?

I will take suggestions only and ONLY in the comments sections of the THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE posts the last week of October and the 1st week of November.

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The themes for Year 11 of THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE have been selected. There are 53 Mondays in 2024, so there are 53 themes for Year 11. Here are the selected themes, in no particular order:

1. Necessity (Joe Duff)
2. Sentimental (Joe Duff)
3. Monochrome (Joe Duff)
4. Out-of-Date (Angie DeWaard)
5. Clothing (Angie DeWaard)
6. Symmetry (Sarah Toot)
7. Rule of Thirds (Sarah Toot)
8. Wheels (Sarah Toot)
9. 6:00 PM (Sarah Toot)
10. Ugly (Sarah Toot)
11. Emotion (Andy Sharp/Sarah Toot)
12. Animal (Shannon Bardole-Foley)
13. Passion (Shannon Bardole-Foley)
14. Anything But a Cat (Andy Sharp)
15. Leading Lines (ISF Theme)
16. Trains, Planes, and Automobiles
17. #Instagood
18. Street Photography
19. Flower
20. Slice of Life
21. Still Life
22. Art
23. Ruins
24. Road Trip
25. Sign
26. Purple
27. Orange
28. Path
29. Self-Portrait
30. Abstract
31. Games
32. Glass
33. Reflection
34. Macro
35. Hobbies
36. Work
37. Entertainment
38. Park
39. Breakfast
40. Time
41. Circle
42. Square
43. Faceless Portrait
44. Sunday Morning (Sarah Toot)
45. Science (Joe Duff)
46. Camera
47. Window View (Sarah Toot)
48. Decoration
49. Letters or Numbers
50. Places
51. Music
52. Not Your Hometown (Andy Sharp)
53. Holidays

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ANIMAL! Almost everyone loves an ANIMAL or two, but did they find one to photograph to make ANIMAL a popular theme? You’ll have to keep scrolling to find out!

As of 12:01 PM on Monday, November 20, this was the current list of ACTIVE streaks (ignore the numbers in parentheses):

1-Jen Ensley-Gorshe – 1 week
2-Evie Gorshe – 1 week
3-Mary Green – 1 week (2)
4-Amy Peterson – 1 week
5-Susanna Funk – 2 weeks
6-Suzie Brannen – 3 weeks
7-Elainie Hernandez – 3 weeks
8-Alexis Stensland – 6 weeks
9-Scott Degeneffe – 13 weeks (2)
10-Sabas Hernandez – 14 weeks
11-Mike Vest – 20 weeks
12-Sheri Fakhouri – 23 weeks (2)
13-Logan Kahler – 24 weeks (3)
14-Nathanial Brown – 25 weeks
15-Jesse Howard – 25 weeks
16-Tamara Peterson – 28 weeks
17-Mindi Terrell – 40 weeks (2)
18-Brandon Kahler – 63 weeks
19-Linda Bennett – 69 weeks
20-Sarah Toot – 70 weeks
21-Angie DeWaard – 74 weeks
22-Dawn Krause – 78 weeks (2)
23-Kim Barker – 84 weeks
24-Joe Duff – 85 weeks
25-Teresa Kahler – 96 weeks
26-Carla Stensland – 96 weeks
27-Micky Augustin – 98 weeks
28-Andy Sharp – 99 weeks (2)
29-Bill Wentworth – 100 weeks
30-Cathie Morton – 104 weeks
31-Elizabeth Nordeen – 105 weeks (2)
32-Shannon Bardole-Foley – 107 weeks
33-Kio Dettman – 109 weeks

But you didn’t come here to listen to me talk all tommyrot about participation rates or streaks. You came to see the submissions and what streaks continued and what streaks flamed out:

Kio Dettman (Boone, Iowa) – 110 weeks

Shannon Bardole-Foley (Iowa) – 108 weeks

Elizabeth Nordeen (Indiana) – 106 weeks

Elizabeth Nordeen (Indiana)

Cathie Morton (Denver, Colorado) – 105 weeks

Bill Wentworth (Nebraska)

Andy Sharp (Iowa) – 100 weeks

Andy Sharp (Iowa)

Micky Augustin (Iowa)- 99 weeks

Teresa Kahler (Boone, Iowa) – 97 weeks

Teresa Kahler (Boone, Iowa)

Carla Stensland (Iowa) – 97 weeks

Joe Duff (Texas) – 86 weeks

Kim Barker (Galveston, Texas) – 85 weeks

Dawn Krause (Iowa) – 79 weeks

Dawn Krause (Iowa)

Angie DeWaard (Iowa) – 75 weeks

Sarah Toot (Baltimore, Maryland) – 71 weeks

Linda Bennett (Iowa) – 70 weeks

Linda Bennett (Kansas)

Brandon Kahler (Iowa) – 64 weeks

Mindi Terrell (Iowa) – 41 weeks

Mindi Terrell (Iowa)

Tamara Peterson (Iowa) – 29 weeks

Nathanial Brown (Iowa) – 26 weeks

Jesse Howard (Iowa) – 26 weeks

Logan Kahler (Iowa) – 25 weeks

Logan Kahler (Iowa)

Sheri Fakhouri (Iowa) – 24 weeks

Sheri Fakhouri (Iowa)

Mike Vest (Iowa) – 21 weeks

Sabas Hernandez (Iowa) – 15 weeks

Scott Degeneffe (Boone County, Iowa) – 14 weeks

Scott Degeneffe (Boone County, Iowa)

Alexis Stensland (Iowa) – 7 weeks

Elainie Hernandez (Iowa) – 4 weeks

Susanna Funk (West Des Moines, Iowa) – 3 weeks

Amy Peterson (Iowa) – 2 weeks

Mary Green (Iowa) – 2 weeks

Mary Green (Iowa)

Jen Ensley-Gorshe (Iowa) – 2 weeks

Willy McAlpine (Iowa) – 1 week

Sara Lockner (Iowa) – 1 week

Christopher D. Bennett (Boone, Iowa)

34 participants again this week! A pretty good week!

There were submissions this week taken in the following places:

+ Colorado
+ Indiana
+ Iowa
+ Kansas
+ Maryland
+ Nebraska
+ Texas

Thanks to Elizabeth’s Thanksgiving travels, we were able to add Indiana to the list. Down to 9 states that haven’t been represented! I don’t know we will get any of the missing states, but even if we don’t, this is still pretty impressive!

Here is the current calendar year list for states:

41 states and 1 district! That is pretty impressive! Over 80% of the way there! Every continental state west of the Mississippi is now accounted for.

The Outside of the United States map is currently:

+ Spain
+ British Virgin Islands
+ Mexico
+ Nassau Bahamas
+ Canada
+ Peru
+ France
+ Austria
+ Germany
+ Italy
+ Slovenia

The big milestone this weeks was Andy joining the Triple Digit Club! WooHoo! Plus Nathanial joined the Half Year Club! WooHoo! Jesse did too! WooHoo!

But it wasn’t all good news. Evie’s couldn’t build on last week’s submission. Suzie’s streak ends at 3.

HOMETOWN

HOMETOWN! What a great theme for Year 10 of THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE!

But what is a HOMETOWN picture? It is simply a picture that represents your HOMETOWN. It doesn’t have to be the HOMETOWN you grew up in. Or even the town you currently call home. But at the very least, it should be a picture that suggest a HOMETOWN for somebody.

While thinking about possible subjects for your ANIMAL picture, meditate on the following quote and I have no doubt you will come up with a fabulous image:

I was eight years old
And running with a dime in my hand
To the bus stop to pick
Up a paper for my old man
I’d sit on his lap in that big old Buick
And steer as we drove through town
He’d tousle my hair
And say, “Son, take a good look around”
This is your hometown

In ’65 tension was running high
At my high school
There was a lot of fights
Between the black and white
There was nothing you could do
Two cars at a light on a Saturday night
In the back seat there was a gun
Words were passed in a shotgun blast
Troubled times had come
To my hometown

Now Main Street’s whitewashed windows
And vacant stores
Seems like there ain’t nobody
Wants to come down here no more
They’re closing down the textile mill
Across the railroad tracks
Foreman says, “These jobs are going, boys
And they ain’t coming back
To your hometown

Last night me and Kate we laid in bed
Talking about getting out
Packing up our bags, maybe heading south
I’m thirty-five, we got a boy of our own now
Last night I sat him up behind the wheel
And said, “Son, take a good look around
This is your hometown”
-Bruce Springsteen

I look forward to your interpretation!

RULES

The picture has to be taken between 12:01 PM today and 11 AM next Monday. This isn’t a curate your photos project. This is a get your butt off the couch (unless you are taking your picture from the couch) and take pictures challenge. There is a limit of 3 submissions per participant. To be considered the photographer, you have to be the one that takes the picture. Don’t be stealing the work of other artists. You can submit pictures for other photographers that took pictures with your camera or phone, but give credit where credit is due.

You can send your images to either bennett@photography139.com OR you may text them to my Pixel 5.

That is it. Thems the rules!

That is all I got, so if the good Lord’s willin’ and the creek don’t rise, we will all be sharing your idea of HOMETOWN in this place that originates from my hometown next Monday.

Alexis, Amy, Andy, Angie, Animals, Bill, Brandon, Candid Portrait, Carla, Cathie, Dawn, Derrick, Elainie, Elizabeth, Evie, Funk, Iowa State, Jen, Jesse, Joe Duff, Kim, Kio, Linda, Logan, Mary, Micky, Mindi, Nathanial, Sabas, Sarah Toot, Scottie D., Shannon, Sheri, Still Life, Suzie, Tamara, Teresa, Vest, WPC - Submissions

WPC – WEEK 427 – PORTRAIT

November 20, 2023 Christopher D. Bennett 2 Comments

A reminder that if you are looking for a Thanksgiving meal or a place to volunteer on Thanksgiving my church is hosting it’s annual Thanksgiving meal again this year. Information below:

I will be there for at least part of the day!

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I haven’t selected the 52 themes for Year 11 of THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE. But here is a list of the suggested themes:

-Science
-Remorse
-Necessity, something critical to your way of life
-Monochrome
-Tourism
-Sentimental
-Dog
-Screenshot
-Anything in the world but a cat
-Roman Numeral
-Outside your home county
– Memories/Memorial/etc.
– Clothing
– Out-of-date (I was thinking specifically of technology or items like pay phones and outhouses here, but it could be more expansive)
– Hands
– Struggle (or challenge)
– A stranger
– Fashion
– Starburst
– Symmetry
– Rule of 1/3’s
– Wheels
– Self portrait
– Emotion
– 6:00pm
– Warmth
– Candlelight
– Window view
– Ugly
– Sunday morning
-ANIMAL or PET
-PASSION

Definitely several of these will make next year’s list! Obviously ANYTHING IN THE WORLD BUT A CAT is a no-brainer!

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PORTRAIT! Everyone has taken one or been in one. But did enough people take a PORTRAIT to make it a popular theme? You’ll have to keep scrolling to find out!

As of 12:01 PM on Monday, November 13, this was the current list of ACTIVE streaks (ignore the numbers in parentheses):

1-Susanna Funk – 1 week
2-Diane Sharp – 1 week
3-Suzie Brannen – 2 weeks
4-Monica Jennings – 2 weeks
5-Elainie Hernandez – 2 weeks
6-Sara Lockner – 2 weeks
7-Alexis Stensland – 5 weeks
8-Scott Degeneffe – 12 weeks (3)
9-Sabas Hernandez – 13 weeks
10-Willy McAlpine – 13 weeks
11-Mike Vest – 19 weeks
12-Sheri Fakhouri – 22 weeks
13-Logan Kahler – 23 weeks
14-Nathanial Brown – 24 weeks
15-Jesse Howard – 24 weeks
16-Tamara Peterson – 27 weeks
17-Mindi Terrell – 39 weeks
18-Brandon Kahler – 63 weeks
19-Linda Bennett – 68 weeks
20-Sarah Toot – 69 weeks (2)
21-Angie DeWaard – 73 weeks
22-Dawn Krause – 77 weeks
23-Kim Barker – 83 weeks
24-Joe Duff – 84 weeks
25-Teresa Kahler – 95 weeks
26-Carla Stensland – 95 weeks (2)
27-Micky Augustin – 97 weeks
28-Andy Sharp – 98 weeks (2)
29-Bill Wentworth – 99 weeks
30-Cathie Morton – 103 weeks
31-Elizabeth Nordeen – 104 weeks
32-Shannon Bardole-Foley – 106 weeks
33-Kio Dettman – 108 weeks (2)

The third week of each month I like to share a map of all the states that have had pictures taken in them that were submitted for this calendar year. Well, I checked my calendar and this is the third Monday of the month. Here is the map, heading into this week:

That is a lot of states filled in. In fact, going into this week, there are only 10 states that haven’t been visited and photographed by somebody that submits here. I don’t think there is any chance we will fill in the entire map this year, but we sure have gotten a lot closer than I ever would have guessed! There are 6 weeks left in this calendar year. I don’t anticipate any more states being filled in at this point. Maybe Indiana. But that is a pretty full map if it doesn’t change.

But you didn’t come here to listen to me talk all tommyrot about participation rates or streaks. You came to see the submissions and what streaks continued and what streaks flamed out:

Micky Augustin (Sonnette, Montana) – 98 weeks

Shannon Bardole-Foley (Iowa) – 107 weeks

Kim Barker (Iowa) – 84 weeks

Christopher D. Bennett (Jack Trice Stadium – Ames, Iowa)

Linda Bennett (Jewell, Iowa) – 69 weeks

Suzie Brannen (Iowa) – 3 weeks

Nathanial Brown (Dobson Pipe Organ Builders – Lake City, Iowa) – 25 weeks

Scott Degeneffe (Boone County, Iowa)- 13 weeks

Kio Dettman (Iowa) – 109 weeks

Angie DeWaard (Iowa) – 74 weeks

Joe Duff (Texas) – 85 weeks

Jen Ensley-Gorshe (Iowa) – 1 week

Sheri Fakhouri (Ankeny, Iowa) – 23 weeks

Sheri Fakhouri (Ankeny, Iowa)

Susanna Funk (Iowa) – 2 weeks

Evie Gorshe (Iowa) – 1 week

Mary Green (Manchester, Iowa) – 1 week

Mary Green (Manchester, Iowa)

Elainie Hernandez (Ledges State Park – Boone County, Iowa) – 3 weeks

Sabas Hernandez (Ankeny, Iowa) – 14 weeks

Jesse Howard (Iowa) – 25 weeks

Brandon Kahler (Iowa) – 64 weeks

Logan Kahler (Iowa) – 24 weeks

Logan Kahler (Iowa)

Teresa Kahler (Boone, Iowa) – 96 weeks

Dawn Krause (Iowa) – 78 weeks

Dawn Krause (Iowa)

Cathie Morton (Iowa) – 104 weeks

Elizabeth Nordeen (Iowa) – 105 weeks

Elizabeth Nordeen (Iowa)

Amy Peterson (Idaho Falls, Idaho) – 1 week

Tamara Peterson (Iowa) – 28 weeks

Andy Sharp (UNI Dome – Cedar Falls, Iowa) – 99 weeks

Andy Sharp (UNI Dome – Cedar Falls, Iowa)

Alexis Stensland (east Des Moines, Iowa) – 6 weeks

Carla Stensland (Ames, Iowa) – 96 weeks

Sarah Toot (New Jersey) – 70 weeks

Mindi Terrell (Iowa) – 40 weeks

Mindi Terrell (Iowa)

Mike Vest (Iowa) – 20 weeks

Bill Wentworth (Nebraska) – 100 weeks

34 participants! A pretty good week by current standards!

There were submissions this week taken in the following places:

+ Idaho
+ Iowa
+ Montana
+ Nebraska
+ New Jersey
+ Texas

Here is the current calendar year list for states:

+ Arizona
+ Arkansas
+ California
+ Colorado
+ Florida
+ Georgia
+ Hawaii
+ Idaho
+ Illinois
+ Iowa
+ Kansas
+ Kentucky
+ Louisiana
+ Maryland
+ Michigan
+ Minnesota
+ Mississippi
+ Missouri
+ Montana
+ Nebraska
+ New Hampshire
+ New Jersey
+ New Mexico
+ New York
+ Nevada
+ North Carolina
+ North Dakota
+ Ohio
+ Oklahoma
+ Oregon
+ Pennsylvania
+ South Carolina
+ South Dakota
+ Tennessee
+ Texas
+ Utah
+ Vermont
+ Washington
+ Washington D.C.
+ Wisconsin
+ Wyoming

40 states and 1 district! That is pretty impressive! Over 80% of the way there! Every continental state west of the Mississippi is now accounted for.

This is the list of states currently missing:
+ Alabama
+ Alaska
+ Connecticut
+ Delaware
+ Indiana
+ Maine
+ Massachusetts
+ Rhode Island
+ Virginia
+ West Virginia

The Outside of the United States map is currently:

+ Spain
+ British Virgin Islands
+ Mexico
+ Nassau Bahamas
+ Canada
+ Peru
+ France
+ Austria
+ Germany
+ Italy
+ Slovenia

The big milestone this week is Bill joining the Triple Digit Club! Also Cathie joins the 2 Year Streak Club. I forgot to mention it last week when Elizabeth joined it or a few weeks ago when Shannon joined and a few weeks before that when Kio joined it! Also, Dawn joined the Year and Half Club!

But it was all good news. Diane couldn’t build on her submission from last week. Monica’s 2 week streak went poof! As did Sara’s. And worst of all… Willy’s streak ends at unlucky 13.

ANIMAL

ANIMAL! What a great theme for Year 10 of THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE!

But what is a ANIMIMAL picture? It is simply a picture of an ANIMAL. That could be a live ANIMAL. It could be a stuffed ANIMAL. It could be a box of meat. It could be a pet. It could be a wild animal. It could be something related to an ANIMAL. The possibilities are endless!

While thinking about possible subjects for your ANIMAL picture, meditate on the following quote and I have no doubt that you will come up with a fabulous image:

Until one has loved an animal, a part of one’s soul remains unawakened.
-Anatole France

I look forward to your interpretation!

RULES

You can send your images to either bennett@photography139.com OR you may text them to my Pixel 5.

That is it. Thems the rules!

That is all I got, so if the good Lord’s willin’ and the creek don’t rise, we will all be sharing your idea of ANIMAL in this place that loves dogs and so many other animals next Monday.

Alexis, Amy, Andy, Angie, Bill, Brandon, Carla, Cathie, Dawn, Elizabeth, Formal Portrait, Iowa State, Jesse, Joe Duff, Kim, Kio, Linda, Logan, Mary, Micky, Mindi, Mom, Nathanial, Sabas, Sarah Toot, Scottie D., Shannon, Sheri, Teresa, Vest, Willy, WPC - Submissions

WPC – WEEK 424 – FAVORITE SPORTS TEAM

October 31, 2023 Christopher D. Bennett 3 Comments

NOTE: – THIS IS ONE OF TWO POSTS WHERE YOU CAN SUBMIT SUGGESTIONS FOR NEXT YEAR’S THEMES. THE LAST MONDAY IN OCTOBER AND THE 1ST MONDAY IN NOVEMBER ARE WHEN SUGGESTIONS CAN BE MADE. THOSE SUGGESTIONS HAVE TO BE MADE IN THE COMMENTS SECTION OF THOSE POSTS. NOT VIA EMAIL, TEXT MESSAGE, TEAMS, PHONE CONVERSATION, SNAPCHAT. ONLY IN THE COMMENTS SECTIONS OF THOSE 2 POSTS.

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It is the last collection of submissions for the month of October, so it is a good time to revisit the THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE FAQ. I’ve noticed an uptick in small-sized submissions lately. It wouldn’t hurt to review the resolution FAQ if you haven’t looked at it lately.

Award winning photographers? Really?

Yes. I can think of at least 10 photographers that participate regularly that have won a photography award of some kind.

Is this a competition?
NO.

Is there a limit to the number of submissions I can have each week?

If participation rates climb, that limit of 3 is subject to lower.

Can I send you several pictures and have you pick the best one?

No! No! NO! If those words come out of your mouth or your keyboard, I consider that to be a non-submission.

Do you ever question whether somebody’s submission fits the theme?

Why can’t I submit after 11 AM on Mondays if the post doesn’t publish until 12:01 PM?

Do I have to wait until Monday morning to submit?

Absolutely not! In fact I appreciate the submissions that make it to me by Sunday evening. Makes the job of putting this together on Monday morning much easier!

Are there resolution requirements for submissions?

What format should my submission be?

.JPG but .PNG also works.

If I write a description of my image will you include that in your post?

No. Photography is art that should stand on its own. Only exception is the SLICE OF LIFE theme. But if you let me know where the picture was taken, I will include that.

When will you start accepting suggestions for next year’s THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE themes?

I will take suggestions only and ONLY in the comments sections of the THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE posts the last week of October and the 1st week of November.

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FAVORITE SPORTS TEAM! Many of us are very passionate about our Iowa State Cyclones or whatever team you mistakenly root for. But was there enough passion to make FAVORITE SPORTS TEAM a popular submission? You’ll have to keep scrolling to find out!

As of 12:01 PM on Monday, October 22, this was the current list of ACTIVE streaks (ignore the numbers in parentheses):

1-Adam Gordon – 1 week (3)
2-Harrison Gorshe – 1 week
3-Jen Ensley-Gorshe – 2 weeks
4-Evie Gorshe – 2 weeks
5-Mary Green – 2 weeks (3)
6-Sara Lockner – 2 weeks
7-Alexis Stensland – 2 weeks (2)
8-Elainie Hernandez – 4 weeks
9-Scott Degeneffe – 9 weeks
10-Sabas Hernandez – 10 weeks
11-Willy McAlpine – 10 weeks
12-Mike Vest – 16 weeks
13-Sheri Fakhouri – 19 weeks (2)
14-Monica Jennings – 20 weeks
15-Logan Kahler – 20 weeks (2)
16-Nathanial Brown – 21 weeks
17-Jesse Howard – 21 weeks
18-Tamara Peterson – 24 weeks
19-Mindi Terrell – 36 weeks (3)
20-Brandon Kahler – 60 weeks
21-Linda Bennett – 65 weeks (2)
22-Sarah Toot – 66 weeks (2)
23-Angie DeWaard – 70 weeks (2)
24-Dawn Krause – 74 weeks (2)
25-Kim Barker – 80 weeks
26-Joe Duff – 81 weeks
27-Teresa Kahler – 92 weeks (3)
28-Carla Stensland – 92 weeks
29-Micky Augustin – 94 weeks
30-Andy Sharp – 95 weeks
31-Bill Wentworth – 96 weeks
32-Cathie Morton – 100 weeks
33-Elizabeth Nordeen – 101 weeks
34-Shannon Bardole-Foley – 103 weeks
35-Kio Dettman – 105 weeks (3)

But you didn’t come here to listen to me talk all tommyrot about participation rates or streaks. You came to see the submissions and what streaks continued and what streaks flamed out:

WEEK 424 - FAVORITE SPORTS TEAM - ANGIE DEWAARD

Angie DeWaard (Ames, Iowa) – 71 weeks

Bill Wentworth (Omaha, Nebraska) – 97 weeks

Shannon Bardole-Foley (Coba, Quintana Roo, Mexico) – 104 weeks

Willy McAlpine (Valencia, Spain) – 11 weeks

Amy Peterson (Iowa) – 1 week

Carla Stensland (Ames, Iowa) – 93 weeks

Joe Duff (Texas) – 82 weeks

Kio Dettman (Iowa) – 106 weeks

Linda Bennett (Pennsylvania) – 66 weeks

Linda Bennett (Pennsylvania)

Mike Vest (Iowa) – 17 weeks

Sarah Toot (Pennsylvania) – 67 weeks

Mary Green (Iowa) – 3 weeks

Nathanial Brown (Florida) – 22 weeks

Sheri Fakhouri (Iowa) – 20 weeks

Sheri Fakhouri (Iowa)

Scott Degeneffe (Boone County, Iowa) – 10 weeks

Kim Barker (Iowa) – 81 weeks

Dawn Krause (Iowa) – 75 weeks

Sabas Hernandez (Iowa) – 11 weeks

Mindi Terrell (Iowa) – 37 weeks

Mindi Terrell (Iowa)

Teresa Kahler (Iowa) – 93 weeks

Teresa Kahler (Iowa)

Jesse Howard (Norfolk, Nebraska) – 22 weeks

Micky Augustin (Iowa) – 95 weeks

Tamara Peterson (Iowa) – 25 weeks

Cathie Morton (Iowa) – 101 weeks

Brandon Kahler (Iowa) – 61 weeks

Andy Sharp (Iowa) – 96 weeks

Elizabeth Nordeen (Jack Trice Stadium – Ames, Iowa) – 102 weeks

Logan Kahler (Iowa) – 21 weeks

Alexis Stensland (Jack Trice Stadium – Ames, Iowa) – 3 weeks

Christopher D. Bennett (Jack Trice Stadium – Ames, Iowa)

30 participants this week.

There were submissions this week taken in the following places:

+ Florida
+ Iowa
+ Mexico
+ Nebraska
+ Pennsylvania
+ Spain
+ Texas

Here is the current calendar year list for states:

40 states and 1 district! That is pretty impressive! Over 75% of the way there! Every continental state west of the Mississippi is now accounted for.

The Outside of the United States map is currently:

+ Alto del Perdon – Spain
+ British Virgin Islands
+ Mexico (General)
+ Isla Mujeres, Mexico
+ Riviera Maya, Mexico
+ Nassau Bahamas
+ Ontario, Canada
+ Vallunareju Norte – Peru
+ Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
+ Puenta de la Reina, Spain
+ St. John pied de port, France
+ Vienna, Austria
+ Munich, Germany
+ Rome, Italy
+ Cannes, France
+ Koper, Slovenia

There were no major milestones this week. But there were a ton of streaks broken. Adam, Harrison, Jen, Evie, Sara, Elainie, and Monica all had their streaks broken.

SIGNS

SIGNS! What a great theme for Year 11 of THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE!

But what is a SIGNS image? It is simply an image of a SIGN(S) or a singular SIGN. That is all there is to it.

While considering possible subjects for your SIGNS submissions meditate on the great songs about SIGNS and I have no doubt you will come up with a great image:

Signs Signs
Everywhere there’s signs
Messing up the scenery
Breaking my mind
Do this, don’t do that
Can’t you read the sign

Oh Say now mister Can’t you read
You got to have a shirt and tie to get a seat
You can’t watch No You can’t eat You ain’t supposed to be here

And the sign says “You got to have a membership card to get inside” Huh
And the sign says “Everybody welcome Come in Kneel down and pray”
But then they passed around a plate at the end of it all
And I didn’t have a penny to pay
So I got me a pen and paper And I made up my own sign
I said Thank you Lord for thinking about me I’m alive and doing fine

I look forward to seeing your interpretation.

RULES

You can send your images to either bennett@photography139.com OR you may text them to my Pixel 5.

That is it. Thems the rules!

That is all I got, so if the good Lord’s willin’ and the creek don’t rise, we will all be sharing your idea of SIGNS in this place that tries to read them next Monday.

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WPC- WEEK 422 – #INSTAGOOD

October 16, 2023 Christopher D. Bennett

NOTE: – AT THE END OF THE MONTH I WILL BE OPEN TO SUGGESTIONS FOR NEXT YEAR’S THEMES. THE LAST MONDAY IN OCTOBER AND THE 1ST MONDAY IN NOVEMBER ARE WHEN SUGGESTIONS CAN BE MADE. THOSE SUGGESTIONS HAVE TO BE MADE IN THE COMMENTS SECTION OF THOSE POSTS. NOT VIA EMAIL, TEXT MESSAGE, TEAMS, PHONE CONVERSATION, SNAPCHAT. ONLY IN THE COMMENTS SECTIONS OF THOSE 2 POSTS. START THINKING OF THEMES YOU WOULD LIKE TO BE CONSIDERED FOR NEXT YEAR.

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Today is Becky’s birthday, so I must wisher her a happy birthday.

Happy birthday Becky!

I hope your birthday is as amazing as you can handle!

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#INSTAGOOD! A simple theme. Only asking people to submit the best picture they took this week. But did a bunch of people pick a best picture to make it a popular theme? You will have to keep scrolling to find out! It will be exciting to see the best picture that people took last week!

As of 12:01 PM on Monday, October 2, this was the current list of ACTIVE streaks (ignore the numbers in parentheses):

1-Suzie Brannen – 1 week
2-Myriah Sharp – 2 weeks
3-Elainie Stensland – 2 weeks
4-Scott Degeneffe – 7 weeks
5-Sabas Hernandez – 8 weeks
6-Willy McAlpine – 8 weeks
7-Mike Vest – 14 weeks
8-Sheri Fakhouri – 17 weeks (3)
9-Monica Jennings – 18 weeks
10-Logan Kahler – 18 weeks
11-Nathanial Brown – 19 weeks
12-Jesse Howard – 19 weeks (2)
13-Tamara Peterson – 22 weeks
14-Mindi Terrell – 34 weeks (3)
15-Brandon Kahler – 58 weeks
16-Linda Bennett – 63 weeks (3)
17-Sarah Toot – 64 weeks
18-Angie DeWaard – 68 weeks
19-Dawn Krause – 72 weeks
20-Kim Barker – 78 weeks
21-Joe Duff – 79 weeks
22-Teresa Kahler – 90 weeks (2)
23-Carla Stensland – 90 weeks
24-Micky Augustin – 92 weeks
25-Andy Sharp – 93 weeks
26-Bill Wentworth – 94 weeks
27-Cathie Morton – 98 weeks
28-Elizabeth Nordeen – 99 weeks (2)
29-Shannon Bardole-Foley – 101 weeks
30-Kio Dettman – 103 weeks (3)

The third week of each month I like to share a map of all the state that have had pictures taken in that were submitted for this calendar year. Well, I checked my calendar and this is the third Monday of the month. Here is the map, heading into this week:

That is a lot of states filled in. In fact, going into this week, there are only 12 states that haven’t been visited and photographed by somebody that submits here. I don’t think there is any chance we will fill in the entire map this year, but we sure have gotten a lot closer than I ever would have guessed!

But you didn’t come here to listen to me talk all tommyrot about participation rates or streaks. You came to see the submissions and what streaks continued and what streaks flamed out:

Micky Augustin (Iowa) – 93 weeks

Lori Backous (Iowa) – 1 week

Shannon Bardole-Foley (Iowa) – 102 weeks

Kim Barker (Iowa) – 79 weeks

Christopher D. Bennett (Ledges State Park – Boone County, Iowa)

Linda Bennett (Boone, Iowa) – 64 weeks

Suzie Brannen (Texas) – 2 weeks

Nathanial Brown (Faribault County, Minnesota) – 20 weeks

Scott Degeneffe (Iowa) – 8 weeks

Kio Dettman (Boone, Iowa) – 104 weeks

Angie DeWaard (Iowa) – 69 weeks

Joe Duff (League City, Texas) – 80 weeks

Pepper Duncan (Iowa) – 1 week

Jen Ensley-Gorshe (Santa Fe, New Mexico) – 1 week

Sheri Fakhouri (Ankeny, Iowa) – 18 weeks

Susanna Funk (Iowa) – 1 week

Derrick Gorshe (New Mexico) – 1 week

Evie Gorshe (New Mexico) – 1 week

Layla Gorshe (New Mexico) – 1 week

Mary Green (Lake Christian Home – Holt, Michigan) – 1 week

Elainie Hernandez (Ankeny, Iowa) – 3 weeks

Sabas Hernandez (Eldon, Iowa) – 9 weeks

Jesse Howard (Iowa) – 20 weeks

Monica Jennings (Iowa) – 19 weeks

Brandon Kahler (Iowa) – 59 weeks

Logan Kahler (Ada Haydn Park – Ames, Iowa) – 19 weeks

Teresa Kahler (Boone, Iowa) – 91 weeks

Dawn Krause (Boone, Iowa) – 73 weeks

Sara Lockner (Iowa) – 1 week

Willy McAlpine (Nerja Beach – Spain) – 9 weeks

Cathie Morton (Cumming, Iowa) – 99 weeks

Elizabeth Nordeen (Kansas) – 100 weeks

Amy Peterson (Iowa) – 1 week

Tamara Peterson (Iowa) – 23 weeks

Andy Sharp (Boone, Iowa) – 94 weeks

Alexis Stensland (Des Moines, Iowa) – 1 week

Carla Stensland (Highway 330 – Iowa) – 91 weeks

Mindi Terrell (Iowa) – 35 weeks

Sarah Toot (Kilmaine Saints band at Finola’s Bar – Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania) – 65 weeks

Mike Vest (Iowa) – 15 weeks

Bill Wentworth (Nebraska) – 95 weeks

41 participants! I think that is a new record!

There were submissions this week taken in the following places:

+ Kansas
+ Iowa
+ Minnesota
+ New Mexico
+ Pennsylvania
+ Spain
+ Texas

Thanks to the Gorshe trip to New Mexico, we have added another state to our list.

Here is the current calendar year list for states:

+ Arizona
+ Arkansas
+ California
+ Colorado
+ Florida
+ Georgia
+ Hawaii
+ Idaho
+ Illinois
+ Iowa
+ Kansas
+ Kentucky
+ Louisiana
+ Maryland
+ Michigan
+ Minnesota
+ Missouri
+ Montana
+ Nebraska
+ New Hampshire
+ New Jersey
+ New Mexico
+ New York
+ Nevada
+ North Carolina
+ North Dakota
+ Ohio
+ Oklahoma
+ Oregon
+ Pennsylvania
+ South Carolina
+ South Dakota
+ Tennessee
+ Texas
+ Utah
+ Vermont
+ Washington
+ Washington D.C.
+ Wisconsin
+ Wyoming

39 states and 1 district! That is pretty impressive! Over 75% of the way there! Every continental state west of the Mississippi is now accounted for.

This is the list of states currently missing:
+ Alabama
+ Alaska
+ Connecticut
+ Delaware
+ Indiana
+ Maine
+ Massachusetts
+ Mississippi
+ Rhode Island
+ Virginia
+ West Virginia

The Outside of the United States map is currently:

The big, huge, monster milestone this week is Elizabeth joining the Triple Digit Club! WooHoo!

The other big milestone was the first ever submission from Pepper Duncan. I know it was a bit of a accidental Snapchat fluke that lead to the submission, but maybe it is the beginning of big things in the future.

But it wasn’t all sunshine and flowers. Myriah’s 2 week streak came to an end.

VINTAGE – Suggested by Sarah Toot

VINGTAGE! What a great theme for Year 11 of THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE!

But what is a VINTAGE image? It is simply a picture where the subject of a major compositional element is something that is VINTAGE. So what is VINTAGE? Is it just a nice way to say old?

Yes and no.

Old but not that old. But not new. Generally speaking to be considered VINTAGE, it should be no older than 100 years old. But not newer than 20 years old. Older than 100 years is an antique. Newer than 20 years old and looks old… well that is just retro.

While considering possible subjects for your VINTAGE image, meditate on the following quote and I have no doubt you will come up with a great picture:

It is easily overlooked that what is now called vintage was once brand new.
-Tony Visconti

I look forward to seeing your interpretation!

RULES

You can send your images to either bennett@photography139.com OR you may text them to my Pixel 5.

That is it. Thems the rules!

That is all I got, so if the good Lord’s willin’ and the creek don’t rise, we will all be sharing your idea of VINTAGE in this place that is ran by somebody that is considered VINTAGE these days next Monday.

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WPC – WEEK 420 – ARCHITECTURE

October 2, 2023 Christopher D. Bennett 10 Comments

NOTES: 1 – SOME OF THE SUBMISSIONS ARE STARTING TO COME IN VERY SMALL. WATCH THE SIZE OF THE IMAGES YOU SEND IN. IDEALLY THEY SHOULD BE AT LEAST 1,000 PIXELS. SMALLER IMAGES MIGHT LOOK GOOD ON YOUR PHONE SCREEN, BUT DON’T LOOK GOOD ON A COMPUTER MONITOR. 2 – AT THE END OF THE MONTH I WILL BE OPEN TO SUGGESTIONS FOR NEXT YEAR’S THEMES. THE LAST MONDAY IN OCTOBER AND THE 1ST MONDAY IN NOVEMBER ARE WHEN SUGGESTIONS CAN BE MADE. THOSE SUGGESTIONS HAVE TO BE MADE IN THE COMMENTS SECTION OF THOSE POSTS. NOT VIA EMAIL, TEXT MESSAGE, TEAMS, PHONE CONVERSATION, SNAPCHAT. ONLY IN THE COMMENTS SECTIONS OF THOSE 2 POSTS. START THINKING OF THEMES YOU WOULD LIKE TO BE CONSIDERED FOR NEXT YEAR.

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This morning the Iowa Pork Producers Association released the finalists for this year’s Best Breaded Pork Tenderloin. There are 5 finalists and 3 of them are close to Boone!

Here are the Finalists:

+ Cliff’s Place – Manning (80 minutes)
+ Spillway Supper Club – Harpers Ferry (3 hours 35 minutes)
+ Stumpy’s Bar & Grill – Duncombe (45 minutes)
+ ToJo’s Bar & Grill – Jamaica (42 minutes)
+ The Roadhouse – Orange City (3 hours 11 miuntes)

A total of 774 restaurants were nominated this year.

Looks like it is time for me to get out on the open road again.

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ARCHITECTURE! Everybody lives or works in or near a building or structure that is a form of ARCHITECTURE. But were there structures around enough people to inspire them to take and submit a picture? You will have to keep scrolling to find out!

As of 12:01 PM on Monday, September 25, this was the current list of ACTIVE streaks (ignore the numbers in parentheses):

1-Corey Faust – 1 week
2-Sara Lockner – 1 week
3-Amy Peterson – 2 weeks (2)
4-Jen Ensley-Gorshe – 3 weeks
5-Susanna Funk – 4 weeks
6-Scott Degeneffe – 5 weeks (2)
7-Sabas Hernandez – 6 weeks
8-Willy McAlpine – 6 weeks
9-Mary Green – 8 weeks
10-Mike Vest – 12 weeks
11-Sheri Fakhouri – 15 weeks (2)
12-Monica Jennings – 16 weeks (2)
13-Logan Kahler – 16 weeks (2)
14-Nathanial Brown – 17 weeks (2)
15-Jesse Howard – 17 weeks
16-Tamara Peterson – 20 weeks
17-Alexis Stensland – 25 weeks (3)
18-Mindi Terrell – 32 weeks (3)
19-Brandon Kahler – 56 weeks
20-Linda Bennett – 61 weeks
21-Sarah Toot – 62 weeks (3)
22-Angie DeWaard – 66 weeks
23-Dawn Krause – 70 weeks (3)
24-Kim Barker – 76 weeks (2)
25-Joe Duff – 77 weeks
26-Teresa Kahler – 88 weeks (3)
27-Carla Stensland – 88 weeks (3)
28-Micky Augustin – 90 weeks
29-Andy Sharp – 91 weeks
30-Bill Wentworth – 92 weeks
31-Cathie Morton – 96 weeks (2)
32-Elizabeth Nordeen – 97 weeks (2)
33-Shannon Bardole-Foley – 99 weeks
34-Kio Dettman – 101 weeks (2)

But you didn’t come here to listen to me talk all tommyrot about participation rates or streaks. You came to see the submissions and what streaks continued and what streaks flamed out:

WEEK 420 - ARCHITECTURE - ELAINIE HERNANDEZ

Elainie Hernandez (West Side Market – Cleveland, Ohio) – 1 week

Elainie Hernandez (West Side Market – Cleveland, Ohio)

Becky Parmelee (Bella Vista, Arkansas) – 1 week

Myriah Sharp (Maui, Hawaii) – 1 week

Myriah Sharp (Maui, Hawaii)

Sara Lockner (Windsor Heights, Iowa) – 2 weeks

Amy Peterson (Washington D.C.) – 3 weeks

Amy Peterson (Washington D.C.)

Scott Degeneffe (Boone County, Iowa) – 6 weeks

Scott Degeneffe (Boone County, Iowa)

Sabas Hernandez (Cleveland, Ohio) – 7 weeks

Willy McAlpine (Spain) – 7 weeks

Mary Green (Edgewood, Iowa) – 9 weeks

Mary Green (Edgewood, Iowa)

Mike Vest (Madrid, Iowa) – 13 weeks

Sheri Fakhouri (Elite Eye – Ankeny, Iowa) – 16 weeks

Monica Jennings (Ogden, Iowa) – 17 weeks

Logan Kahler (Boone, Iowa) – 17 weeks

Nathanial Brown (Boone, Iowa) – 18 weeks

Jesse Howard (Boone, Iowa) – 18 weeks

Tamara Peterson (Iowa) – 21 weeks

Alexis Stensland (Des Moines, Iowa) – 26 weeks

Mindi Terrell (Des Moines, Iowa) – 33 weeks

Mindi Terrell (Des Moines, Iowa)

Brandon Kahler (Ames, Iowa) – 57 weeks

Linda Bennett (Kansas) – 62 weeks

Linda Bennett (Kansas)

Sarah Toot (Pennsylvania) – 63 weeks

Angie DeWaard (Ames, Iowa) – 67 weeks

Dawn Krause (Barcelona, Spain) – 71 weeks

Dawn Krause (Barcelona, Spain)

Kim Barker (Austin, Texas) – 77 weeks

Kim Barker (Ms. Congeniality Stage – San Antonio, Texas)

Joe Duff (League City, Texas) – 78 weeks

Joe Duff (League City, Texas)

Teresa Kahler (Linwood Cemetery – Boone, Iowa) – 89 weeks

Teresa Kahler (Iowa State Fairgrounds – Des Moines, Iowa)

Carla Stensland (Eldora, Iowa) – 89 weeks

Carla Stensland (Pine Lake – Eldora, Iowa)

Carla Stensland (Ames, Iowa)

Micky Augustin (Iowa) – 91 weeks

Andy Sharp (UNI Dome – Cedar Falls, Iowa) – 92 weeks

Bill Wentworth (Omaha, Nebraska) – 93 weeks

Cathie Morton (Iowa) – 97 weeks

Elizabeth Nordeen (Iowa State University – Ames, Iowa) – 98 weeks

Elizabeth Nordeen (Iowa State University – Ames, Iowa)

Shannon Bardole-Foley (Mackinac Island, Michigan) – 100 weeks

Kio Dettman (Boone, Iowa) – 102 weeks

Kio Dettman (Boone, Iowa)

Christopher D. Bennett (Des Moines, Iowa) – 524 weeks

34 submissions! That is a pretty great week. Could have been 35 if TJ Maxx has more inspiring buildings or 36 if Funk could have found a building in the mountains. But I digress.

There were submissions this week taken in the following places:

+ Arkansas
+ Hawaii
+ Iowa
+ Kansas
+ Michigan
+ Nebraska
+ Pennsylvania
+ Spain
+ Texas

Thanks to Myriah’s trip to Hawaii, we get to add Hawaii to the list!

Here is the current calendar year list for states:

+ Arizona
+ Arkansas
+ California
+ Colorado
+ Florida
+ Georgia
+ Hawaii
+ Idaho
+ Illinois
+ Iowa
+ Kansas
+ Kentucky
+ Louisiana
+ Maryland
+ Michigan
+ Minnesota
+ Missouri
+ Montana
+ Nebraska
+ New Hampshire
+ New Jersey
+ New York
+ Nevada
+ North Carolina
+ North Dakota
+ Ohio
+ Oklahoma
+ Oregon
+ Pennsylvania
+ South Carolina
+ South Dakota
+ Tennessee
+ Texas
+ Utah
+ Vermont
+ Washington
+ Washington D.C.
+ Wisconsin
+ Wyoming

38 states and 1 district! That is pretty impressive! Over 75% of the way there!

he Outside of the United States map is currently:

There were some pretty big milestones reached this week! Shannon became the 2nd member ever of the Triple Digit Club! WooHoo! Joe reached the Year and a Half Club! WooHoo! Finally Alexis reached the Half Year Club! WooHoo!

But it wasn’t all good news. Faust couldn’t build on his submission from last week. Jen’s streak went up in flames at 3. Funk’s streak tumbled back down the mountain after 4 weeks. The humanity!

RELIGION

RELIGION! What a great theme for Year 10 of THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE!!

RELIGION! I bet a few people groaned when they saw this was the theme. That is okay. You didn’t think a website that is grounded in Christianity would go a year without the RELIGION theme did you? Where do you think the name Photography 139 comes from? I’m not forcing you to go to church to take this picture. A RELIGION picture could be as easy as taking a picture of a house of worship. Doesn’t have to be a church. There are a ton of RELIGIONs in the world and a ton of them are probably practiced near you. Within 20 minutes of where I live in central Iowa there are synagogues, mosques, and even a mandir. But it doesn’t have to be of a building. Or even a worship service. It can be a picture of a book or a song or a symbol. There are religious symbols all over, if you take a second to look. There are so many possibilities!

While considering possible subjects for your submission, meditate on the following quote and I have no doubt you will come up with a great image:

Science gives man knowledge which is power, religion gives man wisdom which is control.
-Martin Luther King, Jr.

I look forward to seeing your interpretation.

RULES

You can send your images to either bennett@photography139.com OR you may text them to my Pixel 5.

That is it. Thems the rules!

That is all I got, so if the good Lord’s willin’ and the creek don’t rise, we will all be sharing your idea of RELIGION in this place that is was built on a foundation of Christianity next Monday.

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WPC – WEEK 419 – BLACK AND WHITE

September 25, 2023 Christopher D. Bennett

It is the last collection of submissions for the month of September, so it is a good time to revisit the THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE FAQ. I’ve noticed an uptick in small-sized submissions lately. It wouldn’t hurt to review the resolution FAQ if you haven’t looked at it lately.

Award winning photographers? Really?

Yes. I can think of at least 10 photographers that participate regularly that have won a photography award of some kind.

Is this a competition?
NO.

Is there a limit to the number of submissions I can have each week?

If participation rates climb, that limit of 3 is subject to lower.

Can I send you several pictures and have you pick the best one?

No! No! NO! If those words come out of your mouth or your keyboard, I consider that to be a non-submission.

Do you ever question whether somebody’s submission fits the theme?

Why can’t I submit after 11 AM on Mondays if the post doesn’t publish until 12:01 PM?

Do I have to wait until Monday morning to submit?

Absolutely not! In fact I appreciate the submissions that make it to me by Sunday evening. Makes the job of putting this together on Monday morning much easier!

Are there resolution requirements for submissions?

What format should my submission be?

.JPG but .PNG also works.

If I write a description of my image will you include that in your post?

No. Photography is art that should stand on its own. Only exception is the SLICE OF LIFE theme. But if you let me know where the picture was taken, I will include that.

When will you start accepting suggestions for next year’s THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE themes?

I will take suggestions only and ONLY in the comments sections of the THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE posts the last week of October and the 1st week of November.

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BLACK & WHITE! Everybody knows that it is my favorite theme, but did a bunch of people love it as much as I do to make it a popular theme? You’ll have to keep scrolling to find out!

As of 12:01 PM on Monday, September 18, this was the current list of ACTIVE streaks (ignore the numbers in parentheses):

1-Becky Parmelee – 1 week
2-Amy Peterson – 1 week
3-Ernie Redd – 1 week
4-Jen Ensley-Gorshe – 2 weeks
5-Susanna Funk – 3 weeks (2)
6-Scott Degeneffe – 4 weeks (2)
7-Sabas Hernandez – 5 weeks
8-Willy McAlpine – 5 weeks
9-Mary Green – 7 weeks (3)
10-Mike Vest – 11 weeks
11-Sheri Fakhouri – 14 weeks
12-Monica Jennings – 15 weeks
13-Logan Kahler – 15 weeks
14-Nathanial Brown – 16 weeks
15-Jesse Howard – 16 weeks
16-Tamara Peterson – 19 weeks
17-Alexis Stensland – 24 weeks (3)
18-Mindi Terrell – 31 weeks (3)
19-Brandon Kahler – 55 weeks
20-Linda Bennett – 60 weeks (3)
21-Sarah Toot – 61 weeks (2)
22-Angie DeWaard – 65 weeks
23-Dawn Krause – 69 weeks (2)
24-Kim Barker – 75 weeks (2)
25-Joe Duff – 76 weeks (3)
26-Teresa Kahler – 87 weeks (2)
27-Carla Stensland – 87 weeks (3)
28-Micky Augustin – 89 weeks
29-Andy Sharp – 90 weeks
30-Bill Wentworth – 91 weeks
31-Cathie Morton – 95 weeks
32-Elizabeth Nordeen – 96 weeks
33-Shannon Bardole-Foley – 98 weeks
34-Kio Dettman – 100 weeks (3)

But you didn’t come here to listen to me talk all tommyrot about participation rates or streaks. You came to see the submissions and what streaks continued and what streaks flamed out:

Kio Dettman (Rural Ogden, Iowa) – 101 weeks

Kio Dettman (Boone, Iowa)

Shannon Bardole-Foley (Iowa) – 99 weeks

Elizabeth Nordeen (Jack Trice Stadium – Ames, Iowa) – 97 weeks

Elizabeth Nordeen (Jack Trice Stadium – Ames, Iowa)

Cathie Morton (Des Moines, Iowa) – 96 weeks

Cathie Morton (Ames, Iowa)

Bill Wentworth (Omaha, Nebraska) – 92 weeks

Andy Sharp (Boone, Iowa) – 91 weeks

Micky Augustin (Iowa) – 90 weeks

Carla Stensland (Ogden, Iowa) – 88 weeks

Carla Stensland (Sioux City, Iowa)

Carla Stensland (Boxholm, Iowa)

Teresa Kahler (Iowa) – 88 weeks

Teresa Kahler (Boone, Iowa)

Teresa Kahler (Iowa State University – Ames, Iowa)

Joe Duff (Houston, Texas) – 77 weeks

Kim Barker (Ames, Iowa) – 76 weeks

Dawn Krause (Cannes, France) – 70 weeks

Dawn Krause (Rome, Italy)

Dawn Krause (Koper, Slovenia)

Angie DeWaard (Scottsdale, Arizona) – 66 weeks

Sarah Toot (Baltimore, Maryland) 62 weeks

Sarah Toot (Baltimore, Maryland)

Linda Bennett (Kansas) – 61 weeks

Brandon Kahler (Iowa) – 56 weeks

Mindi Terrell (Iowa) – 32 weeks

Mindi Terrell (Iowa)

Alexis Stensland (Iowa) – 25 weeks

Alexis Stensland (Iowa)

Tamara Peterson (Iowa) – 20 weeks

Nathanial Brown (Galesburg, Illinois) – 17 weeks

Nathanial Brown (Princeton, Illinois)

Jesse Howard (Grimes, Iowa) – 17 weeks

Logan Kahler (Near Luther, Iowa) – 16 weeks

Logan Kahler (High Trestle Trail Bridge – Boone County, Iowa)

Monica Jennings (Ogden, Iowa) – 16 weeks

Monica Jennings (Ogden, Iowa)

Sheri Fakhouri (Elite Eye Care – Ankeny, Iowa) – 15 weeks

Sheri Fakhouri (Elite Eye Care – Ankeny, Iowa)

Mike Vest (Madrid, Iowa) – 12 weeks

Mary Green (Holt, Michigan) – 8 weeks

Willy McAlpine (Albuergue in Foncebadón – Spain) – 6 weeks

Sabas Hernandez (Niagara Falls, New York) – 6 weeks

Scott Degeneffe (Boone County, Iowa) – 5 weeks

Scott Degeneffe (Carroll, Iowa)

Susanna Funk (Dallas County, Iowa) – 4 weeks

Jen Ensley-Gorshe (Houston, Texas) – 3 weeks

Amy Peterson (Iowa) – 2 weeks

Amy Peterson (Iowa)

Corey Faust (Jack Trice Stadium – Ames, Iowa) – 1 week

Sara Lockner (Johnston, Iowa) – 1 week

Christopher D. Bennett (Boone, Iowa)

35 participants!! That is a great week! I know I’m prejudiced, but I think this is one of the best collection of submissions. Every week there are at least a couple of pictures where i think, “I wish I had taken that picture.” This week there were more than usual!

No new states added this week, but at this point that is to be expected. One new country though. Dawn submitted the first picture from Italy this calendar year!

There were submissions this week taken in the following places:

+ Arizona
+ France
+ Kansas
+ Illinois
+ Iowa
+ Italy
+ Maryland
+ Michigan
+ New York
+ Slovenia
+ Spain
+ Texas

Here is the current calendar year list for states:

+ Arizona
+ Arkansas
+ California
+ Colorado
+ Florida
+ Georgia
+ Idaho
+ Illinois
+ Iowa
+ Kansas
+ Kentucky
+ Louisiana
+ Maryland
+ Michigan
+ Minnesota
+ Missouri
+ Montana
+ Nebraska
+ New Hampshire
+ New Jersey
+ New York
+ Nevada
+ North Carolina
+ North Dakota
+ Ohio
+ Oklahoma
+ Oregon
+ Pennsylvania
+ South Carolina
+ South Dakota
+ Tennessee
+ Texas
+ Utah
+ Vermont
+ Washington
+ Washington D.C.
+ Wisconsin
+ Wyoming

37 states and 1 district! That is pretty impressive! Over 70% of the way there!

he Outside of the United States map is currently:

The big milestone this week was Faust’s first ever submission!! I don’t know if it will lead to more submissions in the future, but I certainly hope it does.

On a personal note, watching the Iowa State-Ohio “football” game last week was an absolutely soul crushing experience. The only reason I didn’t give up on the season is because the Big 12 is hot garbage this year and I thought there was still the chance to win a few games.

Then this week… an entirely different football team showed up. I know part of that was that they were over the virus that plagued the team last week. However, you may have noticed that both Elizabeth and Faust were at the game (not together, they don’t know each other) for the first time this season. Suddenly Iowa State doesn’t suck. One of them is clearly good luck and they both better go to every game the rest of the season.

One thing I’ve learned in my long tenure as an Iowa State fan, I am not good luck. But I digress…

There weren’t any other big milestones reached this week. But we are closing in on some big ones next week. However, there was some heartache. Becky and Ernie could not build on their submissions from last week. Their streaks are over before they even began.

ARCHITECTURE

ARCHITECTURE! What a great theme for Year 10 of THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE!

But what exactly is an ARCHITECTURE image? It is an image where the focus is on buildings or structures. It is image of the interior or exterior of buildings, bridges, structures, or cityscapes.

While considering the building and/or structure you want to photograph, meditate on the following quote and I have no doubt you will create a great image:

Buildings are deeply emotive structures which form our psyche.
-David Adjaye

I look forward to seeing your interpretation!

RULES

You can send your images to either bennett@photography139.com OR you may text them to my Pixel 5.

That is it. Thems the rules!

That is all I got, so if the good Lord’s willin’ and the creek don’t rise, we will all be sharing your idea of ARCHITECTURE in this place that is built on an Apache infrastructure I should next Monday.